- Date
- January 23, 1992, 20:22 local (Jan 24, 1992, 01:22 UTC)
- Place
- Clewiston, FL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2714ACessna 402-C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920123001889A
- Case key
- 32977
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
Pilot-in-command's improper inflight decision to attempt to descend and remain in VFR conditions in an area of thunderstorms and heavy rain. Contributing to the accident was the pilot-in-command's loss of control in flight.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The scheduled passenger flight departed without a flight plan and was last heard from while descending in attempt to remain in VFR conditions. Witnesses on the ground stated that there was extremely heavy rain and thunderstorms at the time of the accident. The wreckage was located the next day and evidence indicated that the airplane hit the ground in a 50 degree nose down attitude at a high rate of speed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2714A
- Reported as
- Cessna 402-C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0209
- Airframe hours
- 13,708
- Engine
- Continental TSIO 520-VB, 325 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Air Sunshine Inc.
- Registered owner
- Adili Brothers Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 12, 1992 · 62 hours before
- Departed
- FLL · Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- Destination
- SRQ · Sarasota, FL
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 44
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 5,500 total · 2,250 in this make and model · 5,200 as pilot in command · 120 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days · 0.5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FMY, 37 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.